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| 1 | 1 | 81R1305 UM-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Dutton H.B. No. 907 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to liability for and payment of the fees of an attorney ad | |
| 8 | 8 | litem in a suit to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 33.49, Tax Code, is amended by amending | |
| 11 | 11 | Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and | |
| 13 | 13 | (c), a taxing unit is not liable in a suit to collect taxes for court | |
| 14 | 14 | costs, including any fees for service of process, [an attorney ad | |
| 15 | 15 | litem,] arbitration, or mediation, and may not be required to post | |
| 16 | 16 | security for costs. | |
| 17 | 17 | (c) A taxing unit shall pay the reasonable attorney ad litem | |
| 18 | 18 | fees approved by the court from the unit's general fund as soon as | |
| 19 | 19 | practicable after receipt of the attorney ad litem's claim for | |
| 20 | 20 | payment. The taxing unit is entitled to reimbursement toward the | |
| 21 | 21 | fees from other taxing units as provided by Subsection (b). | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to | |
| 23 | 23 | a suit to collect delinquent ad valorem taxes that is filed on or | |
| 24 | 24 | after September 1, 2009. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |